Louis Wain - 'Black and White'

dailymeower: But a Tom Cat black and hungry
Came along the kitchen stair,
With an appetite for dinner,
And he saw that Mousie there;

So he crept up nearer, nearer,
And that Mousie looked so nice
"This," thought he," shall be my dinner —
I'm so very fond of mice!"

Then he gave a spring tremendous,
But he didn't catch him quite,
And the flour in that flour-barrel
Turned that black Cat almost white!

And that little Mousie, laughing,
Ran back home to tell his folks;
"Oh," cried he, "they'll laugh to hear this—
They're so very fond of jokes!"